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ArticleViruses2026

Mutations at Positions 181 and 185 Within the LCMV GP Protein Increase Tumor Cell Infectivity, Limit Induction of Type I Interferon, and Accelerate T Cell Activation.

Michael Bergerhausen, Lisa Holnsteiner, Sarah-Kim Friedrich-Becker, Zhongwen Hu, Rosa Schmitz, Dethardt Müller, Marcus Kostka, Tim Brandenburg, Haifeng C Xu, Cornelia Hardt and 3 more

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Michael BergerhausenAbalos Therapeutics, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID 0009-0003-2900-6983
Lisa HolnsteinerInstitute of Immunology, University Hospital Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany.ORCID 0009-0003-5339-6942
Sarah-Kim Friedrich-BeckerAbalos Therapeutics, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
Zhongwen HuInstitute of Immunology, University Hospital Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany.
Rosa SchmitzInstitute of Immunology, University Hospital Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3578-7179
Dethardt MüllerAbalos Therapeutics, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
Marcus KostkaAbalos Therapeutics, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
Tim BrandenburgInstitute of Immunology, University Hospital Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany.
Haifeng C XuDepartment of Molecular Medicine II, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
Cornelia HardtInstitute of Immunology, University Hospital Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany.
Jörg VollmerAbalos Therapeutics, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
Philipp A LangDepartment of Molecular Medicine II, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
Karl Sebastian LangInstitute of Immunology, University Hospital Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany.

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Abstract

The lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) represents a strong T cell activating virus with anti-tumoral properties. In recent work, we developed an attenuated cancer cell-adapted reassortant LCMV strain carrying tumor-tropic mutations. The immunological mechanisms underlying these mutations remained unknown. Here, we passaged wild-type LCMV-WE in human lung cancer H1975 cells for 52 passages. After 29 passages, the virus acquired the GP1 mutations I181M and R185W, involved in viral receptor interactions, which remained stable throughout the subsequent 33 passages. Compared with wild-type LCMV-WE, LCMV-P52 showed increased infectivity, partly concomitant with enhanced propagation in human tumor cells. In vivo, LCMV-P52 induced reduced type I interferon (IFN-I) responses and showed accelerated expansion in CD169

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Interferon Type ILymphocyte ActivationLymphocytic choriomeningitis virusMutationT-LymphocytesViral Envelope ProteinsAnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell Line, TumorDendritic CellsHumansLymphocytic ChoriomeningitisMacrophagesMiceInterferon Type IViral Envelope ProteinsCD8+ T cellsinnate immunityLCMVtumor tropismtype I interferonviral tropism

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PMID42797832
PMCPMC13611988

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